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sigersonIt's surprising how three hours of French doesn't even make me blink.
But thirty minutes more, from 4-4:30, sweating over a sermon from Evreux, with someone whispering about forty feet away, and my comprehension of the grammar draining out of me till all I'm doing is translating word-by-word...
That last thirty minutes has me wanting to stab the dictionary. Tipping point much?
But thirty minutes more, from 4-4:30, sweating over a sermon from Evreux, with someone whispering about forty feet away, and my comprehension of the grammar draining out of me till all I'm doing is translating word-by-word...
That last thirty minutes has me wanting to stab the dictionary. Tipping point much?
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Date: 2006-07-12 11:23 pm (UTC)(God is my French rusty. Four initial spelling or gender errors out of six words?!)
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Date: 2006-07-12 11:29 pm (UTC)Because I am a geek that way...
Date: 2006-07-12 11:29 pm (UTC)I majored in French in college, so if there's a way that I can be helpful, please let me know. :)
Re: Because I am a geek that way...
Date: 2006-07-13 02:32 am (UTC)Yup, I defaced a textbook. I took the bet that I would rarely need the "English-French" half, and tore it right out of the binding. My backpack, my daily commute, and my shoulders are thanking me already.
Sadly, there's not a lot that can be done to help me (&$%~! pleonastic ne). The class only lasts eight weeks, though, and I should have reasonable competence in translating by the end of it.
Re: Because I am a geek that way...
Date: 2006-07-13 04:06 pm (UTC)Eight weeks isn't too bad though. Just remember, ne...que isn't negative (it's only) and you'll be fine. :)